Demokratie zur Diktatur
What steps took Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship?
Treaty of Versailles
No Money
No idea how to run a democracy (Communists, Socialists, etc)
Hitler became chancelor/leader (president died)
What prompted the beginning of WWII?
Hitler invaded Poland.
What were Hitler's two big mistakes in the war?
1. He attacked Russia (Stalingrad)
2. He declared war against the USA.
Wie sagt man "WWII"?
der Zweite Weltkrieg
Hitler hat über die NSDAP und Deutschland _____________.
geherrscht
What chances did other countries have to stop Hitler from being so successful?
Hitler ignored the treaty. Britain and France should have attacked.
What does "annex" mean and why is it relevant to the start of the war?
Annex means to bring together. Hitler annexed Austria.
What happened in Stalingrad?
Russia fought back by hugging the line. If Germany bombs us, we will all die.
They also burnt fields so that Germany had nothing.
Wie sagt man "to bomb"?
bombardieren
Deutschland hat Rußland mit Bomben _________________.
bombardiert
What were the warning signs that Hitler was going to be awful?
He wanted to abolish democracy.
He used democracy to create a dictatorship.
He targeted a specific group of people to hate.
What did Hitler do with Poland when he got it?
He split it in half with Russia and created a no aggression pact with Stalin.
What was one of the two reasons the Alliierten occupied Germany after WWII?
1. They wanted to weaken Germany so they would never start a war again.
2. They wanted to take what they wanted and get their compensation. (Because Germany caused a lot of destruction)
Wie sagt man "treaty"?
der Vertrag
Die Achsenmächte haben vor den Alliierten in 1945 __________________.
kapituliert
What happens when the president in the Weimar Republik declares a state of emergency?
He takes full control.
Who were the Achsenmaechte? (3 countries)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Die Alliierten had one huge goal after the war. They wanted to teach Germany...What?
How to build a true democracy
Wie sagt man "to kill"?
toeten
Die Alliierten haben den Zweiten Weltkrieg ________________.
gesiegt
What were two of the three big issues in the Weimar Republik?
High Unemployment
Hyperinflation (the money was worth nothing)
Spartikisten or radical communists
Who were the Alliierten? (4 countries)
Die USA, Russia, France, Great Britain
What was Hitler's idea of Lebensraum?
"Living Space". Hitler wanted Germany to be self sufficient so they took other people's land in order to farm more.
Wie sagt man "to win"?
siegen
Die Achsenmächte haben den Zweiten Weltkrieg _______________.
verloren